Oligomeric Proanthocyanidins (OPCs)

Alternative Medicine Review

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 442-450

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ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; PROANTHOCYANIDIN;

ASTHMA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BREAST CARCINOMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LUNG CARCINOMA; LYMPHEDEMA; NUTRIENT; NUTRITION; PANCREATITIS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; RETINOPATHY; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; STOMACH CARCINOMA; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; VARICOSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; WOUND HEALING;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ERYTHEMA; EYE DISEASES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PROANTHOCYANIDINS;

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